Abstract: A method of enabling inter-mobile network proximity services through a direct link between mobile communication devices attached to different mobile networks, the method comprising: selecting and configuring at least one first mobile communication device attached to a first mobile network among said different mobile networks for the acquisition of configuration data related to proximity services of at least a second mobile network among said different mobile networks, said configuration data related to proximity services comprising information about radio resources assigned in said second mobile network for the proximity services; having the selected and configured first mobile communication device report the acquired configuration data related to proximity services of the at least a second mobile network to at least one between: the first mobile network, and at least one second mobile communication device located in proximity of the first mobile communication device.

Abstract: A method of managing access of users to services provided by a mobile telecommunications network, including: receiving from a user equipment of a user, which user equipment is capable of supporting communications with the mobile telecommunications network, a request of authentication in the mobile telecommunications network; authenticating the user equipment in the mobile telecommunications network; before the authenticating and in case it is assessed that the authentication request received from the user equipment is the first attempt of that user equipment to register in the mobile telecommunications network, creating, in a network subscribers profiles database, a default subscriber profile for that user equipment, wherein the default subscriber profile includes a predetermined subscriber charging value used by the network for charging the user of the user equipment, and a predetermined Access Point Name.

Abstract: It is disclosed a method for performing a time measurement on a packet flow transmitted through a communication network. The transmitting node divides the packets into first and second packets transmitted in alternating periods. At each period, transmitting node also marks each packet by setting a feature thereof to a first value indicating that the packet shall undergo time measurement or a second value indicating that the packet shall not undergo time measurement. The transmission times of two packets marked by the first value are reciprocally delayed by a predefined inter-transmission time shorter than a period duration. For each packet marked by the first value, the transmitting node generates a transmission time stamp and the receiving node generates a reception time stamp. Then, after the end of each period, a time measurement is performed based on transmission and reception timestamps of packets marked by the first value transmitted during the preceding period.

Abstract: A method of providing a service (230) to a requesting Infrastructure Element (105, 110, 115; 245ie) belonging to plurality of Infrastructure Elements (105, 110, 115; 245ie) interconnected to form a data network (100) is proposed.

Abstract: A method (200; 600) of balancing a traffic load among at least apart of traffic managing entities (105;110) of a mobile telecommunication network (100) comprising a plurality of traffic managing entities (105;110) is proposed. The method comprises the following steps: collecting (205; 605) traffic-related data referred to said at least a part of traffic managing entities (105;110); identifying (220; 620) a first set of traffic managing entities (105;110) managing an excessive traffic load on the basis of such traffic-related data; identifying (220; 620) a second set of traffic managing entities (105;110) adapted to take charge of at least part of the excessive traffic load to which traffic managing entities (105;110) of first set of traffic managing entities (105;110) are subjected.

Abstract: A method of arranging exchange of signals between user terminals in a cellular communication system and at least one base station. The base station includes a central unit and a plurality of remote units. The signals are exchanged between the central unit and the remote units as aggregated signals for plural user terminals. The signals are processed at the remote units as distinct signals each associated with a respective one of the plural user terminals.

Abstract: It is disclosed a optical transmitter for an optical network unit of a multi-wavelength passive optical network comprising an optical line termination and a number of further optical network units for transmitting upstream signals to said optical line termination on multiple upstream channels. The optical transmitter is configured to generate and transmit an optical activation signal carrying activation information to be transmitted to said optical line termination on an upstream channel, the activation signal having an optical power lower than the optical power of each one of said upstream signals. The optical transmitter comprises an optical source, a first electric source configured to modulate the optical source with a first electric signal carrying the activation information; and a second electric source configured to directly modulate the optical source with a second electric signal so as to produce a frequency chirp on the optical activation signal.

Abstract: A method for operating a server of a communication system includes at least one user appliance and a monitoring device adapted to perform a remote monitoring of the at least one user appliance through the intermediation of the server, the at least one user appliance being associated with a list of attributes that can take predetermined values. The method includes: 1) receiving the list of attributes associated with the at least one user appliance, and the values that can be taken by each of said attributes; 2) storing at the server the list of attributes with the related values received in 1); and 3) sending said list of attributes with the related values to the monitoring device.

Abstract: A method arranges, in a mobile communication network, data transmission between user equipment and at least one base station including a central unit and at least one remote unit associated therewith. The data includes information data and control data from the central unit to the remote unit, or vice versa. The method includes allocating radio resources for the data to/from the remote unit, grouping the allocated radio resources, each group including at least one radio resource allocated for data to/from a respective remote unit, including in each group data indicating an association of the allocated radio resource of that group with the respective remote unit, including in each group allocation data indicating the allocated radio resources, among the at least one allocated radio resource, that have been allocated for the information data, and transmitting the groups in the frequency-domain between the central unit and the at least one remote unit.

Abstract: An interference coordination method for a radio communication system includes a plurality of user equipment configured to communicate on radio resources with transceiver stations exchanging between transceiver stations one or more coordination messages concerning interference on an interfered radio resource, and determining a score of a potential allocation of the interfered radio resource to potentially-interfered user equipment based on said coordination message or messages.

Abstract: A method for authenticating a user of a user equipment provided with a mobile cellular network card module in a public wireless network. The method includes, during an authentication procedure following an attempt by the user to access the public wireless network with the user equipment for availing of services provided by the public wireless network: retrieving from the mobile cellular network card module a code that uniquely identifies such mobile cellular network card module; retrieving from a database wireless credentials of the user associated with said retrieved code that uniquely identifies such mobile cellular network card module; providing said retrieved wireless credentials of the user to the public wireless network; and granting the user access to the public wireless network conditioned to the correctness of the provided wireless credentials.

Abstract: A method of estimating a number of persons gathering at an Area of Interest during a time interval on a day, wherein the Area of Interest is defined by an Area of Interest center and an Area of Interest radius and is covered by a mobile telecommunication network including plural communication stations each of which is configured to manage communications of user equipment in one or more served areas in a covered geographic region over which the mobile telecommunication network extends.

Abstract: A method of arranging exchange of signals between user terminals in a cellular communication system and at least one base station including a central unit and a plurality of remote units. The method includes exchanging signals with at least one user terminal simultaneously via at least two remote units by applying at the at least two remote units, separate distributing weighting functions to the signals exchanged with the at least one user terminal.

Abstract: A method is provided for estimating flows of persons that gathered at an Area of Interest for attending a public happening during a time interval on a day. The Area of Interest is defined by an Area of Interest center and an Area of Interest radius and is covered by a mobile telecommunication network having a plurality of communication stations (105a) each of which is adapted to manage communications of user equipment in one or more served areas in which the mobile telecommunication network is subdivided.

Abstract: A method of estimating a number of persons gathered at an Area of Interest during an observation time interval on a day, wherein the Area of Interest is covered by a mobile telecommunication network including plural communication stations each of which is configured to manage communications of User Equipment in one or more served areas in a covered geographic region over which the mobile telecommunication network provide services.

Abstract: It is disclosed a method for re-distributing subscriber sessions originated from one or more access nodes of a communication network to a number of service nodes of the communication network. The method comprises: monitoring at least one performance parameter of the service nodes; comparing a value of the at least one performance parameter with a threshold; and, in case the value exceeds the threshold at a given service node, determining a number of subscriber sessions to be moved from the given service node; selecting at least one further service node to re-establish the number of subscriber sessions; and re-configuring the communication network to move the number of subscriber sessions from the given service node to the at least one further service node.

Abstract: A method for serving an aggregate flow in a communication network node includes a plurality of individual flows. The method includes identifying in the aggregate flow, based on serving resources allocated to the network node, individual flows that may be served without substantial detriment to perceived performance, and serving the identified individual flows with priority with respect to the remaining individual flows in the aggregate flow. The method allows the presence of individual flows that may not be served without substantial detriment to perceived performance due to shortage of serving resources to be notified to an external control entity.

Abstract: A method manages sub-frame data transmission in a cellular network including a macro node and at least one small node associated therewith. The method includes at a macro node side: based on channel quality information from user equipment associated with the macro node, grouping the user equipment into a first group that can be served at a macro node first transmission power and a second group that has to be served at a macro node second transmission power higher than the macro node first transmission power, and determining a sub-frames pattern including: a number of no-transmission sub-frames wherein data transmission is prevented at the macro node side, a number of limited-transmission sub-frames wherein data transmission is allowed at the macro node side at only the first transmission power, and a number of normal-transmission sub frames wherein data transmission is allowed at the macro node side at the second transmission power.

Abstract: A processing method for classification of contents in a domain that can be represented through a taxonomy includes generating a first digital mathematical representation of the taxonomy; generating a second digital mathematical representation of text documents different from the contents and containing keywords; processing the first and second digital mathematical representations for enriching the taxonomy, by associating keywords of the text documents with the first digital mathematical representation; generating a third digital mathematical representation of the contents; and processing the first digital enriched mathematical representation and third mathematical representation for classifying the contents in the enriched taxonomy.

Abstract: In a telecommunication network, a modular expandable gateway connects a local area network to a wide area network and includes a base module and a plurality of add-on modules arranged in one or more stacks, the base module and the add-on modules including respective encryption/decryption engines to exchange secure information with each other, thus frustrating any possible fraudulent interception of the information at the module interconnections.